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07 Nov 2011, 9:21 am

The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius, 9pm BBC3

About a 13 year old with Aspergers who is taking a maths degree.



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07 Nov 2011, 10:19 am

Thanks for the information Seashell, I often forget to look at what BBC3 has to offer. :)

I failed 'O' Grade Maths twice so it will be interesting to see someone with such a talent speaking about it.



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08 Nov 2011, 7:34 pm

It's a sweetly made film with several colourful characters in the story as well as the young maths prodigy himself. As he gets involved in more difficult maths assignments, he's expected to be able to clearly explain his reasoning. His difficulty in explaining the reasoning that got him the right answers means that his marks start dropping grades.